Karen A. Nuckolls has over 30 years of professional library experience in academic, law firm, and public libraries, including cataloging and library systems. She also has an MA in American history from Eastern Michigan University. Just prior to arriving at UK in 2006, she served as Head of Technical Services at West Virginia University’s Law Library.

She has presented at numerous conferences, including the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), Southeast Chapter of AALL (SEAALL), the American Library Association, and the Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians (OVGTSL).

She is the author of the chapter, “Technical Services Reorganization in Law Libraries: A Survey” in More Innovative Redesign and Reorganization of Library Technical Services, edited by Bradford Eden, published in 2008.

She has served on numerous committees, including the Association of American Libraries Annual Program Committee, Placement Committee, the Academic Law Libraries-Special Interest Section Collection Development Committee, and the SEAALL Membership and Newsletter committees.